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Can someone tell me in a transfer why it is not disclosed = why a secret?

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Brown Ideye was not a £10m siging or £8.8m as has been revised in press recently!

I have on reasonable authority that the down fee was as little as £2.5m and that the overall package for his signing if all follow on fees are met - based on goals, apperances and stopping up bonuses, + agent fees, signing on fee and wages - then he would be a record signing, i.e more than £5.5 (Long,Sess,Vic).

I attended a supporters club meeting with Richard Garlick and he was an excellent guest - very straight forward, answered everything very honestly. He was asked by another guy that must of heard the same as me and after a bit of shufflking, looking at the floor and nervousness, he pretty much confirmed the above.

The Bham mail on Friday (im no good at posting links) was the first time in the press that this pretence has been dropped and Bill Howell talked about Brown being easier to move on then people think because of the fee structure. Obviously we will not be paying anywhere near the higher fees as he wont be hitting the goal and appaerance bonuses.

The 2 things that bother me most are;
) Why did Peace/The club pull the wool over our eyes - i assume to make it look like we actually spent money in another poor transfer window!!
) Would Brown actually of come off and done well without the additional pressure of the '£10m failure' - media and fans (twitter abuse) would of granted far more slack to a £2.5m signing plus additions than to this mega £10m, high profile, finished article signing!

I feel sorry for the bloke - he seems a good guy with the comments he puts on twitter and he hasnt moaned about his lot at all - only encouraged. He runs channels well, he just needed some confidence at the right times and is lacking physically a bit for english football.

Why didn't Brown say anything, was he under a gagging clause? Incidentally I watched Father Brown tonight on BBC - good.